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    ARTSLIFE-LICENCE TO WRITE

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsApril 6, 2017Updated:November 16, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    Hleze Kunju

    The following poems were written by the Grade 9 Khutliso Daniels pupils during the 2017 Puku Story Festival Poetry workshop in Grahamstown. Both poems, ‘Umzali’ (a parent) and ‘Ndlovu’ (elephant) are about parenting. They say, a parent is someone who is with you at all times. Even if they are not there physically, their teachings always ring in your ears. In the second poem, parenting is compared with the character of an elephant. They finish off the poem by saying, “I wish I could have a parent like an elephant… I wish I could be a parent like an elephant.”

    MZALI
    Usoloko unam maxesha onke
    Sele ukude kum, iimfundiso zakho,
    zisoloko zinkenteza ezindlebeni zam
    Zisoloko zisisikhanyiso ebomini bam
    Undinika uthando olumangalisayo
    Ngaphandle kwakho andiyonto
    Usisihlobo sam sokwenene
    Xa ndinawe ndiziva ndikhuselekile
    Xa ndinawe ndiziva ndinovuyo

    NguPhumza Peters, Sinazo Hloyi, Thuliswa Lumkwana, Lumkwana Kabosi

    NDLOVU
    Ntondini enyathela kushukum’ umhlaba,
    Ntondini ekhonya kuhlokom’ amawa
    Ntondini esoloko ikhusela usapho lwayo
    Nantso le ndlovu ifundisa iintsana zayo
    Nantso le ndlovu iphandela isizwe sayo
    Yibone ihamba ngesidima nesithozela
    Nantso ingumzekelo kusapho lwayo
    Yanga nam ndinganomzali onje ngendlovu
    Yanga nam ndingangumzali onje ngendlovu!

    NguSango Mcuba, Siyamthanda Monde, Lukhanyo Maqoko, Siyamthanda Binda ‘noL. Veto’

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